Portside Perspective

Recorded live at GreenPort Congress 2025, Edvard Molitor, Head of international public affairs and sustainability, Port of Gothernburg, explores how ports are evolving into energy hubs vital to decarbonisation, from developing green corridors and electrification initiatives to enabling fossil-free logistics. 

In the latest Portside Perspective podcast we talk to Martine Dekker-Grootveld, co-owner & sales manager, Nemag, who highlights how Nemag’s bulk grab equipment improves environmental performance and efficiency at ports and terminals.

In the latest Portside Perspective podcast we talk to Herman Klaus, director application solutions at Hyster. He talks to us about where the industry is in terms of port electrification from the equipment manufacturer’s perspective.

In the latest Portside Perspective podcast we talk to Andrew Dawes, Regional Director, Humber, Associated British Ports (ABP), about how the Humber is leading the way in the UK’s green energy transition.

In the latest Portside Perspective podcast we talk to Crijn Bouman, CEO and co-founder of Rocsys, to explore the transformative potential of hands-free charging in ports.

In the latest Portside Perspective podcast we talk to Joakim Heijbel, director, digitalisation and sustainability at Bromma. He talks to us about Bromma’s flagship product, its electric STS crane spreader and also on the wider issue of electrification in the port equipment market.

In the latest Portside Perspective podcast we talk to Cameron Gook, senior infrastructure economist in port economics and infrastructure and Peter Bos, leading professional maritime solutions for renewable energy at Royal HaskoningDHV.

Monitoring the weather, building climate adaptation and resilience to operations – that’s what MarineLabs offers to harbours, ports and terminals. Dr Scott Beatty, CEO, MarineLabs, gives us the lowdown on how ports large, or small, can save time, money and efficiency if they get their monitoring systems right. 

Mercator Media’s GreenPort Congress was held in the French port city of Le Havre recently, providing another opportunity for leading figures in port sustainability to share insight, ideas and memories. On the sidelines of the 19th annual event, we eavesdropped on a conversation among old friends and colleagues, some of whom, now experts in their fields, have known each other since they were students EcoPorts science coordinator Chris Wooldridge introduces his former student, now Professor Mark van der Veen from the University of Amsterdam; Dr Antonis Michail, in turn a former student of Mark van der Veen, now at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH); and Dr Martí Bucha, with the University of Barcelona.

This time we talk to Leela O'Dea, technical director, Frog Environmental. She talks to us about the innovative environmental products and services the company offers to marine construction, ports and harbours and waterways projects. This includes the latest in silt control, water treatment and bubble curtain technology. 

In the latest Portside Perspective podcast we talk to Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director of the International Association of Ports and Harbours, or IAPH.  Patrick talks to us about key issues that are at the top of IAPH member ports’ agendas including resilience, decarbonisation and the digital revolution. With the 2024 IAPH World Ports Conference imminent (from 8 October to 10 October 2024 in Hamburg, Germany), he also tells us about what we can expect from the conference agenda and why it's a must attend event in the port industry calendar...

As gateways to the UK’s energy transition, Associated British Ports (ABP) operations provide the perfect base for offshore wind projects, holding the key to the green growth revolution. Andy Reay, ABP’s Head of Offshore Wind, outlines how the operator is building supply chain partnerships, which can secure the UK’s leading position in the global offshore wind race. Listen to our podcast with Andy Reay talking to GreenPort editor Anne-Marie Causer. 

In light of the exponential growth of the alternative fuels market over the last few years, many of us are interested in learning how shore power now fits in to a port’s energy and fuel offering. GreenPort talks to Jacob Bjarkam, Head of Sales, PowerCon, to find out how shore power fits into a future with alternative power.

In this episode, Jake Storey, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Haven Dredging dives into the company's new port dredging technology, The Tiamat system, a new patented form of hydrodynamic dredging and how it can significantly reduce cost of dredging and GHGs emissions.

Jordi Torrent talks to GreenPort about the Port of Barcelona’s port redevelopment project “Your Port Opens Up Again” which has been 30 years in the making.

This time Port Strategy and GreenPort sits down with Mark Bromley, VP client services rail at Tideworks Technology. During our chat, Mark imparts his wisdom as to how and why the last few years have affected the uptake of integrated terminal operating system technology. He also shares his thoughts as to how marine terminals can cut their operating costs, ramp up efficiency and drive down emissions using clever and intuitive terminal management tools. Tideworks is on a mission to solve the age-old problem of congestion at ports and believes that people process technology still remains at the forefront of how we're going to solve the issue. Listen to the full podcast...

In this episode Port Strategy and GreenPort sit down with Eleni Bougioukou, Innovation Manager at the UK’s Port of Tyne to discuss where Covid-19 has left the Ports sector and how it has shaped the way we are working towards delivering future and clean energy needs, both to clean up the port sector and to decarbonise shipping.

In this episode, Port Strategy and GreenPort talk to Isabelle Ryckbost, Secretary General, ESPO, about how the new plans for decarbonising will affect green planning and how ports can embrace the opportunities in sustainability for a green post pandemic recovery.